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This is a great fit for Paul.There is no doubt he is going to be extremely successful at a high Mid-Major.With the name he has built at GT it will be real easy to recruit at this level.We can only wonder what would have happened if he was fired last year.hmmmm.

What is there is wonder about if Hewitt was fired a year ago? There is no way he would be back in Loudonville since Siena would never have offered him a package that could net him $1 million dollars a year.

Hewitt gets 130K a month from Ga Tech during his 5 yrs at George Mason/he also can make up to a million at George Mason!!!!!!!Now I know why my NCAA tickets in Tampa were $77 per session this year.

Overall Hewitt gets over 200K a month or a mere (approx) $6500 per day 365 days a year……not as much as Justin Beiber though. Hewitt makes far more in any month then he made in any year at Siena…..I think the Georgia Tech AD has to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!stupid rollover contract….

Some former Siena coaches have made some $$ ..also continued their careers!!!!!very impressive

John Griffin became the St Joes coach after some time as a Wall St Investment banker……not sure what he made at St Joes but not big $ I guess at that pt…

Mike Deane signed for 300K a yr at Marquette(5 yrs) but had contract extended to 7 years although he was fired after 5( 2 NCAA’s 1-2, 2 NITs 6-2) In 1997 I was at first and second round in Memphis(Arizona came out of there to win Natl Championship despite being behind both games in second half by 10 to CC and USA)….We were driving through Mississippi from a casino listening to Providence Marquette game or whoever, and Deane got tossed and ex Va coach Terry Holland said “that is the worst example of sportsmanship I have ever seen”,,I chatted with Terry Holland in Memphis a few yrs later for 15 min as Virginia was there(he was VP) but I did not bring up his Deane comment..I did ask him if he named his dog(DEAN) after Dean Smith and he said no;”after a neighbor” ??

Rob Lanier did well being an asst at Va and now at Florida last 2 yrs under Billy Donavan(saw him this yr coaching in Tampa first two rounds in NCAA)..his wife is an MD….so I guess Lanier more highly thought of then he is on this board!!! Of course any board that lets me on can’t be trusted….

Louis Orr: went to Seton Hall for 5 yrs(2.5 million total) and at Bowling Green now..Lois once told me that I(Luke) know a lot about Syracuse basketball(I only talked to him once ..about Syracuse hoop and him playing under Hubie Brown….Syracuse used to play at SJU Alumni Hall in those days and not at Garden and Hubie Brown’s “THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TP HUBIE” came out as a front page story in SI while Louis was playing for the Knicks.

Fran: 24K a week or whatever at Iowa! Saw Iowa play Xavier last Nov in St Thomas……some Xavier fans were saying “LETS GO X” and Margaret yelled out” they say that because they can’t spell it”

I did I think…I was not aware that Hewitt’s $$ from Ga tech would not be decreased by his new salary wherever he went!! Good job by Hewitt and Georgia Tech must have $$ to burn(stupid AD)..their AD already said he had made a mistake that will not happen again….I figured Hewitt would take at least one yr off and who figured he would get such a good offer so SOON!!good for him…….Georgia tech will just raise tuition a bit….

Hewitt up in Crean’s $$ class now(Indiana coach)……will take Hewitt less than 20 days to make his Siena salary….

I also said Hewitt would not come back to Siena ever even as head coach….he wants to be in a position to get to SWEET 16.

Sick of the NBA playoffs: 18,000 white people watching black athletes/tells us something about the country…..who can afford the tix and who has the natural God given abilities to excel in hoop where jumping helps.
I am sick of tatoos and rap music and stabbings…..sick of kids not being forced to get a good education……..Siena and MAAC different I think, hope.

Who can blame some of the kids after the areas they grew up in and the poverty they experienced …but not making them get an education is a CRIME……..The USA has no more middle class and what is left of it shrinks every day.

One more thing..if you have paid for your kid to go to college and then you see college players who don’t work to improve but go for free
it hits a raw nerve.

“Sick of the NBA playoffs: 18,000 white people watching black athletes/tells us something about the country…..” – Luke you just lost some respect from my book. Maybe you can get a beer with Gary Busey?

Hey Luke Siena was 5 minutes away from the Sweet 16 two years ago…just sayin’…Siena is every bit the program George Mason is. They had ONE incredible run back in 2006….everything else is VERY similar. Just admit you got this one wrong dude!

Luke the income inequality is in any sport. If a young man can’t grow up and make the right decisions and lose out on the potential future then that is his fault. However, there is no justification for you to vilify an entire race because of it. Plus, look at an NBA roster, there are still a fair number of white players, they just happen to be coming from Europe.

Want to know why so many white people are watching basketball? It’s fast paced with great athletes playing it, we are a nation that likes things done quickly including our sporting events because we have so much on our agendas it’s hard to sit back and enjoy anything. Now I need to go and finish the 8 things I’ve got going on.

Siena was 5 min away from Sweet 16 true…..and if they had Clarence would have had a shot in Fran’s last year…but I think Mike ,that the group of athletes they had there were a once in a lifetime group for Siena or least once in a 15 yr period…..I would rather coach at George Mason than at Siena as it is bigger time league and program. That side I admire your constant support for the Siants AND hope you are right! As the old slogan went “Be There When IT Happens….. AGAIN!”

Mick: I should not have gotten off hoop here….I did not mean to villify any race! If anything my feeling is that white coaches are exploiting blacks by not being sure they get their education..it is a big business/ask Paul Hewitt/or Fran/athletes are paid a salary/coaches are reluctant to put a player on academic probation. Fran wasn’t. Many are….college football at the top is a joke…look at USC..I agree with you that the ultimate responsibility is with the individual.

I feel that many of the players root for would not be acceptable neighbors for them…..I beleive we are a racist society(myself included many times)( and not just the whites) and it will be our downfall. But this is a hoops blog, but thanks for your constructive response. After 10PM I should not blog as my emotions run higher.